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Star Biz7
Private equity hits a sixer
Global private equity (PE) investors like KKR and Blackstone have a new investment hotspot in India: cricket.
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Insight
Finding equity value beyond the obvious
While 2026 has got off to a rocky start geopolitically, many global equity investors are still struggling to find bargains.
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Star Biz7
US LNG exporters lead in gas use
US exporters of liquified natural gas (LNG) consumed more natural gas than both households and commercial businesses last year, tightening US gas supplies and putting the LNG export boom squarely in the frame of discussions surrounding rising US energy costs.
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Hockey
Olympics-Ice hockey-US rout Slovakia to set up final showdown with Canada
MILAN, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The United States made light work of Slovakia with a 6-2 victory on Friday to set up the eagerly awaited Olympic men's ice hockey final with Canada, where the Americans will aim to win their first gold since 1980.
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World
1st LD: Trump says he will sign order imposing 10 pct global tariff
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he will sign an order imposing a 10 percent global tariff to replace some of the emergency duties the U.S. Supreme Court ruled illegal.
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World
Tajikistan's population reaches 10.72 million
DUSHANBE, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Tajikistan's population stood at about 10.72 million as of Jan. 1, 2026, up 2 percent from the same date last year, the country's Agency on Statistics reported Friday.
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World
Switzerland takes men's curling bronze, Sweden, Switzerland set up women's final at Milan-Cortina
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Switzerland swept Norway 9-1 to claim the bronze medal in the men's curling competition at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday.
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World
Coventry hails Milan-Cortina Games as 'truly successful'
MILAN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry hailed the Milan-Cortina Winter Games as "truly successful" on Friday, saying the event had "surpassed everyone's expectations."
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World
Medal table at Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on February 20
MILAN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Following is the medal table at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games after the competitions on Friday, February 20 (tabulated under delegations, gold, silver, bronze and total medals):
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World
Ferreira claims men's freeski halfpipe gold at Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. skier Alex Ferreira won the men's freeski halfpipe title at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics here on Friday.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Short track-Dutch underline dominance with men's 5,000m relay gold
MILAN, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The Netherlands won the men's 5,000 metres short track relay at the Olympics on Friday, with Jens van 't Wout adding a team gold to his two individual titles on the last night of speed skating action.
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World
Figure skating roundup: Shaidorov lands historic gold for Kazakhstan as China holds on with fifth in pairs
MILAN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Mikhail Shaidorov captured Olympic men's single figure skating gold at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, producing a landmark victory for Kazakhstan on a night when traditional powers faltered. For China, in the midst of a difficult rebuilding phase, a hard-earned fifth place in pairs was all they could hold on to.
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World
Rijpma-de Jong wins women's 1,500m gold at Milan-Cortina Winter Games (Updated)
MILAN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong of the Netherlands finally landed her first Olympic gold medal in her fourth Winter Games as she claimed the title of the women's 1,500 meters speed skating here on Friday.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Bobsleigh-German-US rivalry warms the ice in Two-Woman
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The highly anticipated battle between the German and U.S. sleds in the Olympic Two-Woman bobsleigh competition did not disappoint on Friday as they filled the top five places at the halfway point, with defending champion Laura Nolte leading the way.
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World
Trump furious after Supreme Court upends his global tariffs, vows new 10% levy
Feb 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump responded with fury to Friday's Supreme Court ruling that he did not have the power to unilaterally set tariffs on imports, denigrating individual justices as he vowed to continue a global trade war that has kept the world on edge for a year.
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World
U.S. Supreme Court rules Trump administration's sweeping tariffs illegal
NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs under a law meant for use in national emergencies are illegal.
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World
1st LD Writethru: U.S. Q4 GDP growth up 1.4 pct, well below estimate
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. GDP increased at a 1.4 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2025, well below the 2.5 percent growth market analysts had projected, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Hockey
Olympics-Ice hockey-Sidney Crosby on Canada's mind in semi-final win over Finland
MILAN, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Canada's captain Sidney Crosby did not dress for their 3–2 come-from-behind semi-final win over Finland at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Friday, but his absence was still felt around the team.
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Other Sports
Olympics-Freestyle-Messi fan Ferreira completes medal collection with halfpipe gold
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Alex Ferreira of the United States won gold in the freestyle skiing men's halfpipe final at Milano Cortina on Friday, completing his collection of Olympic medals.
